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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: Sept. 30, 2000
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Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number:
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This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Staley Capital Advisers, Inc.
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Address: Suite 3950
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One Oxford Centre
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Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Form 13F File Number: 28-
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: John A. Staley, IV
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Title: President
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Phone: 412 394-1292
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ John A. Staley Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 14, 2000
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported
by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-
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None
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 42
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 176,004
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column
headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
28-
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ACTERNA CORP. COM 268140100 60276 1984399 SH SOLE 1984399
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES INC COM 019589308 3216 350000 SH SOLE 350000
AMPHENOL CORP COM 032095101 20720 363900 SH SOLE 363900
BELLSOUTH CORP. COM 079860102 240 5964 SH SOLE 5964
CABLETRON SYSTEMS COM 126920107 3457 117700 SH SOLE 117700
CAIS INTERNET, INC. COM 12476Q102 975 200000 SH SOLE 200000
CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC. COM 209341106 352 30000 SH SOLE 30000
FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTL INC COM 338032204 21786 645500 SH SOLE 645500
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM 369604103 436 7559 SH SOLE 7559
HEARTLAND TECHNOLOGIES COM 421979105 32 10000 SH SOLE 10000
JP MORGAN & CO. COM 616880100 490 3000 SH SOLE 3000
JPS PACKAGING CO COM 46623H102 3395 734000 SH SOLE 734000
MAGNITUDE INFORMATION SYSTEM COM 559534102 11 12000 SH SOLE 12000
MCKESSON HBOC COM 58155Q103 10561 345550 SH SOLE 345550
METROMEDIA INTL. GROUP COM 591695101 5787 1547300 SH SOLE 1547300
PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDRs TRUST COM 71712A206 962 9500 SH SOLE 9500
POLYMER GROUP COM 731745105 5605 760000 SH SOLE 760000
PSS WORLD MEDICAL INC. COM 69366A100 3502 966000 SH SOLE 966000
SBC COMM. INC. COM 78387G103 249 4971 SH SOLE 4971
SCOTTISH ANNUITY & LIFE HOLDIN COM 002316664 1725 186468 SH SOLE 186468
SPRINT CORP. COM 852061100 1762 60100 SH SOLE 60100
THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORP NEW COM 883435208 395 34339 SH SOLE 34339
TWINLAB CORP COM 901774109 1094 250000 SH SOLE 250000
TYCO INTERNAT. COM 902124106 259 5000 SH SOLE 5000
U S OFFICE PRODUCTS CO COM 912325305 775 2278400 SH SOLE 2278400
WASTE MGMT. INC COM 94106L109 7939 455300 SH SOLE 455300
JOHN HANCOCK BANK & THRIFT MUTUAL 409735107 922 116100.00SH SOLE 116100.00
ALL AMERICAN TERM TRUST INC. BOND 016440109 2150 180100.00SH SOLE 180100.00
BLACKROCK 2001 TERM BOND 092477108 1070 115627.54SH SOLE 115627.54
BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN GOVT. BOND 092475102 228 23133.22 SH SOLE 23133.22
BLACKROCK STRATEGIC TERM BOND 09247P108 2884 318237.29SH SOLE 318237.29
BLACKROCK TARGET TERM BOND 092476100 2231 225951.72SH SOLE 225951.72
MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST BOND 55273C107 3400 533353.55SH SOLE 533353.55
MFS MULTI MARKET INCOME BOND 552737108 189 30779.72 SH SOLE 30779.72
NATIONS GOVT. TERM 2004 BOND 638584102 89 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
PIMCO COMMERC. MORTGAGE BOND 693388100 159 13289.74 SH SOLE 13289.74
PUTNAM MASTER INTERM. INCOME BOND 746909100 2908 451683.28SH SOLE 451683.28
STRATEGIC GLOBAL INCOME BOND 862719101 546 51126.60 SH SOLE 51126.60
TCW/DW TERM TRUST 2003 BOND 87234U108 2439 260169.06SH SOLE 260169.06
BLACKROCK MUNI TARGET TRUST TAX-FREE 09247M105 146 15000 SH SOLE 15000
NUVEEN PA. PREMIUM INCOME TAX-FREE 67061F101 357 28569 SH SOLE 28569
VAN KAMPEN PA. VALUE TAX-FREE 92112T108 285 22500 SH SOLE 22500
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